Also it's natively low-voltage and Direct Current-- a house using this stuff would have a native DC power supply probably in the one to fifteen volt range, DC, as opposed to the current 120 volt AC we use today. DC can be readily converted to AC, but at great efficiency cost. A thrifty solar user would wire for DC and power laptops, printers, and anything else that has those "wall wart" converter boxes with the DC (note: without using the wall-warts!) before starting to meet the thermal guzzling AC needs of, for example, a vacuum cleaner.
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Date: 2007-12-22 05:07 pm (UTC)